FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term posterior terminal follicle cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00048554 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Follicle cell found relatively close to the posterior polar cells of the egg chamber. They signal back to polarize the oocyte cytoskeleton. Along with the main body (oocyte associated) follicle cells they form a columnar epithelium from stage 10, which deposits eggshell components.[ FlyBase:FBrf0205319 ]
Also Known As "posterior main body follicle cell"
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       3
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       1
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       2
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 posterior terminal follicle cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       3      5      1      2
     posterior terminal follicle cell | oogenesis stage S7       3       --       1      2
     posterior terminal follicle cell | oogenesis stage S8       3       --       1      2
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   |__terminal follicle cell
       |__posterior terminal follicle cell  11 rec.
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